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<td class="v">1:1</td>
<td>Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:</td>
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<td class="v">1:2</td>
<td>Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.</td>
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<td class="v">1:3</td>
<td>Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:</td>
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<td class="v">1:4</td>
<td>According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:</td>
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<td class="v">1:5</td>
<td>Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,</td>
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<td class="v">1:6</td>
<td>To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.</td>
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<td class="v">1:7</td>
<td>In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;</td>
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<td class="v">1:8</td>
<td>Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;</td>
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<td class="v">1:9</td>
<td>Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:</td>
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<td class="v">1:10</td>
<td>That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:</td>
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<td class="v">1:11</td>
<td>In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:</td>
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<td class="v">1:12</td>
<td>That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.</td>
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<td class="v">1:13</td>
<td>In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,</td>
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<td class="v">1:14</td>
<td>Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.</td>
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<td class="v">1:15</td>
<td>Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,</td>
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<td class="v">1:16</td>
<td>Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;</td>
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<td class="v">1:17</td>
<td>That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:</td>
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<td class="v">1:18</td>
<td>The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,</td>
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<td class="v">1:19</td>
<td>And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,</td>
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<td class="v">1:20</td>
<td>Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,</td>
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<td class="v">1:21</td>
<td>Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:</td>
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<td class="v">1:22</td>
<td>And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,</td>
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<td class="v">1:23</td>
<td>Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.</td>
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